Hilary S. Gehman '93

A three-page feature on Hilary S. Gehman '93 in USRowing Magazine details her rise from Colby crew "to the upper echelon of elite rowing." A member of the fifth-place women's quadruple sculls at the 2000 Olympic Games, Gehman won bronze in the event at the World Championships in August and has stepped up her training for the 2004 Olympics. A new Colby women's racing scull, christened "The Hilary Gehman," was dedicated during Colby's Family Homecoming Weekend in October * "California-based drummer Harris Eisenstadt '98 delivers a set of impressive post-bop improvisation on Last Minute of Play in This Period," according to Cadence, a review of jazz and blues recordings. Eisenstadt's drumming "floats across the pulse" and provides "pinpoint focus to the bass." Declared LA Weekly: his artistry "will redefine your notions of percussion" * Every day is Father's Day, according to a Palm Beach Post feature article about fathers and their children who work together in family businesses. "Some of the biggest bonuses are spending the time together," said Clay K. Surovek '98, a business major and art minor, whose love of art drew him back to the Surovek Gallery started by his father, John.

Births: A son, Matthew David Millard, to Jennifer Milsop-Millard '90 and Jonathan Millard '90 * A son, Samuel Lehman, to Matt Lehman '91 and Julie E. Preston * A son, Oliver O'Neill Slater, to Emily O. Slater '93.

Marriages: James T. Albright '92 to Kimberly L. Billner in Palo Alto, Calif. * Sarah A. Burns '92 to Matthew Borgna in Salem, Mass. * Dyanne E. Kaufman '92 to James C. Hayes in Jamestown, R.I. * Staci L. Strauss '93 to Erik K. Mortenson '94 in Tarrytown, N.Y. * Lynette I. Millett '94 to Steven E. Bogart in Herndon, Va. * Maylene S. Cummings '96 to Eric V. Mitchell '97 in Newry, Maine * Erin C. Sweeney '96 to Sean K. Brousseau in East Greenwich, R.I. * Melissa D. Taylor '96 to Jesse Bechwith in Portland, Maine * Karen F. Blaisdell '97 to John Faiman in Ogunquit, Maine.